April 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on

Thursday:

** Italian bank UniCredit holds a stake of 8.72% in

Generali, the chairman of the country's biggest

insurer said as he listed the holdings of investors at the

annual general meeting (AGM).

** Franco-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica said

it had acquired Faro, a small Italian company specialised in

high-precision technologies for eyewear manufacturing.

** Swedish private capital group EQT is exploring a

takeover of Japanese price comparison website operator

Kakaku.com ( KKKUF ), a person with knowledge of the matter told

Reuters.

** Private equity firm Apollo is nearing a deal to

acquire the auto interiors business of France's Forvia

, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with

the matter.

** U.S. investment firm Bain Capital is seeking to sell a stake

of at least 40% in Bridge Data Centres (BDC) in a deal that

would value the Singapore-based data infrastructure builder at

$5 billion, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

(Compiled by Dharna Bafna and Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)